How an NGO puts it gently

When you are really terrible about reassuring your family about your departure.

When anyone in your family calls to say they'd like to take you shopping for one of the big ticket items on your packing list.

When you are phasing out your NGO responsibilities.

When every call you go on is like...

When you eat at a food truck for the first time.

When the most wonderful time of the year is actually post-holidays since everybody quits humble-bragging about charitable contributions.

When you trudge in looking and smelling like a train wreck at an absurd hour and your roommate asks what happened, but you are constrained by rules governing client privacy...

When you have to complete even more online modules.

When you're gearing up for another event you don't have the energy for and someone gives you shit for being late.

When it seems like the general consensus on joining the Peace Corps is...

When your guiding principle is...